Vancouver Island

KNOX – With Hans Island out of the way, let’s refight the Pig War

June 19, 2022 // 1 Comment

News item: Canada and Denmark have announced a resolution to a 50-year-old dispute over who owns Hans Island, a tiny, barren, unpopulated rock in the narrow channel [Continue]

KNOX – ‘Secret Coast Expedition’ aims to amplify Spain’s role in B.C.

June 9, 2019 // 1 Comment

HOW DO YOU PLAN for a month in the wilderness? First, get your dental work done. Don’t want to end up with a dethroned crown halfway between the middle of nowhere and the [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Small-town secrets from of the Republic of Northern Island

April 23, 2019 // 2 Comments

The Republic Of Northern Island– Small towns can have many secrets but this small town, my newly adopted one of Port McNeill, has one of the best-kept secrets going. [Continue]